ESA's Euclid took the most detailed photo ever of the Milky Way's core—and made a surprising discovery
Euclid captured more than 60 million stars, with nebulas and star clusters, and planets among them.
Published: 1 day ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Hubble sees starlight from a galaxy just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang—what did it reveal?
Tightly clustered young stars in an ancient galaxy ionized the early universe's opaque gas.
Published: 1 day ago | By Biplab Das
NASA’s TESS mission finds two rare exoplanets with density like that of cotton candy
The two exoplanets, roughly the size of Jupiter, are located 1,113 light-years away from Earth.
Published: 1 day ago | By Pranjal Nath
NASA's James Webb cuts through dust to reveal 16.5 million never-before-seen stars in Cigar Galaxy
Prior observations of M82 were unable to peer through the haze. Here's what James Webb Space Telescope found.
Published: 3 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
NASA's James Webb dates back comet 3I/ATLAS to 'cosmic noon,' raises questions about our solar system
The data obtained by Webb had two things that took researchers by surprise.
Published: 3 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
The Milky Way's chaotic center has an island of calm gas that can spawn new stars, a study finds
The study provides clues to how the Sun was born about 4.5 billion years ago.
Published: 4 days ago | By Biplab Das
The Milky Way’s core is emitting mysterious gamma rays. Scientists think it could be linked to dark matter.
Currently there exist two explanations behind the mysterious signals. The study strengthened one.
Published: 4 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Supermassive black holes seen 'burping' years after devouring unlucky stars
Expelled stellar debris slams into gas, triggering the radio flares we see as 'burps.'
Published: 5 days ago | By Biplab Das
One of the mysterious 'little red dots' has been identified as a 'black hole star'
"I think part of the scientific community is converging on a singular picture—that little red dots can be explained by black hole star models."
Published: Jun 19, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Cosmic connections: NASA's Fermi spots first-ever evidence of a sibling supernova
Two stars that once lived together in the Jellyfish Nebula may have also died together.
Published: Jun 19, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Scientists trace 'ghost particle' event to distant galaxy trillions of times brighter than Sun
The galaxy, hidden behind thick layers of dust, is about 11 billion light-years away.
Published: Jun 19, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Nearby Sun-like star ate one of its planets in the blink of an eye. Here's how astronomers caught it
"You are what you eat, right?"
Published: Jun 18, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Four generations of stars discovered in region near the center of the Milky Way
The region, called Terzan 5, was previously thought to contain two generations of stars.
Published: Jun 18, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Scientists stunned by fireworks in nearby galaxy: 'Something unusual is going on in these objects'
NASA's Chandra telescope caught sources previously identified as supernova remnants displaying dramatic, completely unexpected variations in brightness.
Published: Jun 16, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Astronomers have caught the first-ever glimpse of star-forming gas in early galaxies
Detecting cold, star-forming gas was difficult, and the findings will help understand galaxy growth.
Published: Jun 16, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Oxford physicist says best clue to alien life may already be sitting on the Moon
Alien civilizations may have left traces. We just may not have been looking in the right place.
Published: Jun 16, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Why aliens probably aren't visiting Earth, even if they exist
Interstellar travel has near-insurmountable barriers, and that's why no alien has shown up yet.
Published: Jun 15, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
A supernova remnant may have been found near the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole
Located around 26,000 light-years from Earth, the remnant is one of the closest to Sagittarius A*.
Published: Jun 15, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
What happens to dark matter around black holes? New study supports long-held theory
Dark matter doesn't interact with anything but gravity. So what happens to it in the vicinity of black holes, where gravity bends the very fabric of space-time.
Published: Jun 14, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Astronomers debunk controversial study, confirm universe still expanding at accelerating rate
The team, which included Nobel laureates, debunked claims that cosmic expansion was slowing down.
Published: Jun 12, 2026 | By Biplab Das